"Developers revive long-stalled apartment projects" http://t.co/V8HMoOpC via @realestatepi # Devious! "Banks trying to make buyers pay excise tax on bank-owned (REO) properties" http://t.co/jMEp2CSm via @findwell # "How Occupy's anti-foreclosure drive could sink the movement" http://t.co/oF8BKKx3 via @CSMonitor # Is it just me or does the proposed "Stadium Place" apartment tower (http://t.co/Gn0Byj7m) remind vaguely of http://t.co/0NZY7lkZ…
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November Reporting Roundup: Distressed Edition
It’s time once again for the monthly reporting roundup, where you can read my wry commentary about the news instead of subjecting yourself to boring rehashes of the NWMLS press release (or in addition to, if that’s what floats your boat). To kick things off, here’s an excerpt from the NWMLS press release: Home sales…
What a Difference a Few Years Makes
Yesterday’s Seattle Times front page caught my attention, and reminded me of a similar front page just a few years ago… Yes, they’re charting different things, and yes, this Sunday’s story isn’t directly about real estate, but the similar visual style coupled with such starkly different tones still struck me as interesting. The 2006 story:…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-12-03
Claim: "Trend for smaller new homes expected to continue" http://t.co/VxpNZyGb via @mynorthwest # Whoa, ground finally being broken on new apartment at old Ballard Denny's site: http://t.co/2BqhNF7h via @seattletimes # "Occupy" protestors squatting in vacant foreclosed homes "on behalf of the former owners" http://t.co/WGk6GxU1 via @seattletimes # RT @Seattle_Condos: Lumen Condo Once $449,900, Priced At…
Case-Shiller: Six to Sixteen Years of Lost Appreciation
Okay one last Case-Shiller post this week: The national “rewind” map, and the month-to-month city count visualization. First up, the map. As a refresher, in the map below I’ve put the Case-Shiller home price index data from all twenty cities on a map. The size of each circle represents how far back prices have rewound…